Re: [dvd-discuss] Viant report (was Washington Post Article)

["Michael A Rolenz" <Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org>]

OK Here's a question? <Wendy, Jim, Peter, anyone else :-) > CAN one have 
legal protection under the DMCA if one has TPM or access control that is 
not publically known?  For example, suppose someone does not provide a 
feature in a DLL the media player uses (e.g., skip N blocks, ) and someone 
realizes "hey I can add this great feature to the media player by writing 
a patch program that modifies the DLL" Suddenly, the media player people 
cry "DMCA" you broke our circumvention. 




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That really is golden. I read through the report just to see it for 
myself. It's on page 31 for others that may want to find it.

Phill K

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From: microlenz@earthlink.net [eclectro/dvd4] 
Subject: [dvd-discuss] Viant report (was Washington Post Article)


http://www.viant.com/pages2/pages/frame_thought_copyright.html


Here's a few nice exerpts...sorry about the formatting since it was pulled 
from a PDF file...that they hadn't exercised their DRM ability in the 
Adobe Acrobat to prevent me....




Moreover, DRM has the greatest odds of being effective if it is introduced 
subtly, so as not to present an obvious target of opportunity for hackers 
(who you know will crack it), but rather to convince non-partisan 
consumers who are uninterested
in conflict or complexity that legitimate content is desirable and easy, 
rather than challenging and restrictive. What's needed is a "sneak 
attack."